Scene of the Deja Vu nightclub on Hamilton Street in Allentown on Thursday night. Ten people were shot outside the Deja Vu nightclub on Hamilton Street in Allentown early Thursday morning, police said, in one of the Lehigh Valley's worst mass shootings. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

A suspected gang member who is accused of returning fire on three gunmen outside the Deja Vu nightclub in Allentown June 20, gave up his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday morning on a weapons charge.

Bryant Santiago, 20, of Allentown, fired at three members of the Latin Kings gang who opened fire with a handgun and AR-15 rifles as clubgoers left at closing time, police said.

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Santiago then pulls a handgun from his waistband and runs to the southeast corner of Hamilton Street, where three flashes appear. Police say those flashes were gunshots.

To date, the only other person charged in the Deja Vu shooting is an alleged getaway driver, 20-year-old Angelo Luis Rivera of Allentown. He gave up his right to a preliminary hearing last month on charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and two drug-related offenses.

In earlier court records detailing the charges against Rivera, authorities said two men armed with AR-15 rifles exited a Hyundai Elantra driven by Rivera. The men armed with AR-15s were approached by a third man with a handgun, and then all three began firing on the clubgoers.

After the shootings, one of the shooters returned to the car and the others fled on foot, according to court records.

Police used surveillance footage to quickly track down the getaway vehicle, which Rivera parked near his home in the 600 block of North Fourth Street, the records say.